I cannot...
Hearing An Jing's decisive two words, Gong Juechen initially ruffled his hair in irritation but then calmed down. He stopped dissuading An Jing and Xiao Changyi from going to the Imperial Capital, and instead asked with a smile full of profound meaning, "Aren't you curious why I hate the Capital so much, why I don't want to go there at all?"
An Jing replied, "You're such a pretender. For all we know, your hatred for the Capital could all be an act. Why should we waste our time being curious? It's settled, my husband and I are definitely going to the Capital, whether you like it or not."
Gong Juechen maintained his smile, but sighed inwardly: Perhaps, this was destiny...
No matter how he avoided that place or how he left it, in the end, both he and his sister would still go there, return there.
Before leaving for the Imperial Capital, An Jing visited the Agricultural Institute in Qilin County again and handed over all her duties there to Master Zhou.